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Alan Dershowitz says the state attorney called the law school dean to complain.

Bruce.Lipsky@jacksonville.com--04/11/12--Angela Corey address the charges against George Martin on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 in Jacksonville, FL. Angela Corey, State Attorney, announced that she has filed an information charging George Zimmerman with murder in the second degree in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)

State Attorney Angela Corey is no stranger to taking fire. And she also is no stranger to responding to it.

Dershowitz gave his perspective Tuesday in an article on Newsmax.com of what he called Corey's "40-minute rant" last week that she could sue the college for his comments. Dershowitz said Corey insisted that because he is a professor there, she could sue the school for libel and slander. The institution's stance was that the professor has a right to his opinion as a "matter of academic freedom."

Corey declined to comment Wednesday.

Dershowitz recently criticized Corey on Fox News' "Huckabee" for omitting Zimmerman's injuries in the charging affidavit against the neighborhood watch captain. He said Corey may have even "laundered" information in order to have the police officer submit a probable cause affidavit. He said her actions should be investigated.

In a phone interview with the Times-Union, Dershowitz said Corey gave "half-truths" in submitting an affidavit that said there was a struggle without disclosing evidence that Zimmerman had been injured.

Dershowitz further criticized Corey for what he called overcharging defendants and bullying those who speak out against her. Some of those who have recently taken heat from Corey include Florida State University, Shands Jacksonville hospital's Jeff Goldhagen and Southern Poverty Law Center's David Utter, all for taking stances that conflict with the state attorney's actions in the Zimmerman and Cristian Fernandez cases.

Corey's stance, he said, was that she is entitled to submit only her probable cause as long as she shares any exculpatory evidence with Zimmerman's defense.

Richard Kuritz, a former prosecutor who worked with Corey but now works as a defense lawyer, supported her position. Kuritz said Corey had no obligation to include exculpatory evidence in the affidavit.

Kuritz said some of the public that once praised her for arresting Zimmerman has now turned on her as evidence that may support the defense, as there is in most cases, is being made public.

"The only reason Dershowitz has an argument to make is because she's doing everything ethically she's supposed to do: She's turning over the evidence she's supposed to," Kuritz said.

He added that Dershowitz could indeed face civil action for making accusations that Corey has committed a crime.

"To suggest that she's committing any crime, Dershowitz is way off on that," Kuritz said.

Dershowitz's response: "It can't be libel if it's true. That goes back to Thomas Jefferson."